I tried to put a Disney twist on them for this entry. Hey, I'd completely forgotten we where in what you call spring break(we just call it Holy Week, despite most people just taking it as a beach getaway). Still, it feels kinda bad to dedicate this week to Team Rocket when I should be dedicating it to Team Jesus. Still, I guess Jesus never DID say what we should do or not during this time...

I always did wonder what Disney would do with Pokemon if they had it. I grew up with their animation and TV shows. Hmm. So I did my best to conceptualize it.

I tried to put a Disney twist on them for this entry. Hey, I'd completely forgotten we where in what you call spring break(we just call it Holy Week, despite most people just taking it as a beach getaway). Still, it feels kinda bad to dedicate this week to Team Rocket when I should be dedicating it to Team Jesus. Still, I guess Jesus never DID say what we should do or not during this time...

I always did wonder what Disney would do with Pokemon if they had it. I grew up with their animation and TV shows. Hmm. So I did my best to conceptualize it.

It's Team Rocket Awareness week here at BGE. Each day I will try to make a Team Rocket related post.

Team Rocket is a world wide group of criminals in the Pokemon World. They are ruthless, efficient, and evil. But really, Team Rocket's most well known members are almost nothing like that! For more than ten years, the suave but dumb James, Vain and Bossy Jessy and Smart mouthed Maneki Neko-like Meowth have been trailing the countryside, trying to get a single young man to give them his favorite Pokemon. More than ten years of hilarious failure ensue.

For this day, I want show you Team Rocket, Simpsons style. And really, what's more Simpsons than doing the same thing for a whole decade and it still being funny?

It's Team Rocket Awareness week here at BGE. Each day I will try to make a Team Rocket related post.

Team Rocket is a world wide group of criminals in the Pokemon World. They are ruthless, efficient, and evil. But really, Team Rocket's most well known members are almost nothing like that! For more than ten years, the suave but dumb James, Vain and Bossy Jessy and Smart mouthed Maneki Neko-like Meowth have been trailing the countryside, trying to get a single young man to give them his favorite Pokemon. More than ten years of hilarious failure ensue.

For this day, I want show you Team Rocket, Simpsons style. And really, what's more Simpsons than doing the same thing for a whole decade and it still being funny?

The tragic sequence of events that lead to the death of Justice League Mortal is as epic as any fight the group ever had in their history. I will retell it, as I remember it.

At first, WB announced it was writing a movie about the Justice League, DC comics premier Superhero team. Since then I've learned to not take it very seriously that WB announce any movie. It was all very hush hush. We didn't know who was in it, what was the story or how would it affect the then incoming The Dark Knight as well as "The Man of Steel" the Superman Returns sequel we still don't know anything about. Nobody had anything much bad to say about it, except maybe how impossible to do it might be. Then again, they said that about Watchmen.

The plan was simple: Use Justice League to launch spinoffs featuring Flash, Wonderwoman, etc. Minimize the risk of these franchises that haven't had the exposure Batman has had it.Then out of nowhere: BAM! Marvel announced their plans to release The Avengers. They would release solo movies for The Hulk, IronMan, Thor, and freaking Antman before leading to one mammoth of a crossover movie. Everyone's perception seemed to have changed overnight. Now, the ONLY way to do a crossover movie is to lead up to it with solo films. Now Warner was doing it "Backwards" and Marvel had the right idea. Never mind that Wonderwoman was more well known than Ironman and Antman combined. Never mind that Warner was unsuccessfull in releasing anything that isn't Batman or Superman or Vertigo stories(Constantin, V for Vendetta). Now, all of a sudden, everyone seems pissed that Warner isn't doing what Marvel announced they would do after Warner had already started!Then casting rumors came out. Aparently the story would not be in casting continuity with either Batman Begins, nor Superman Returns. Because those movies where so open to a Justice League spinoff. This is where sites started entering the fray, spitting venom at the movie for casting "kids" when a) most of the rumored cast was in their late 20s and B)Routh would have been equally young if added to that group.

All of a sudden the movie, wich had Director George Miller attached to direct, started to make enemies out of every nerd group. Batman Begins fans felt that only Christian Bale should play Batman, and that the movie would cause Christopher Nolan to suddenly forgo millions of dollars for some sense of entitlement to a character. Superman Returns fans hated it because it didn't feature their precious Brandon Routh. Green Lantern/Hal Jordan fans felt that using Jon Stewart instead of Hal Jordan was unforgivable. A lot of them really hated that it was a stand alone thing that ignored what Marvel was doing. And a great many hated the fact that instead of proven celebrities and known names, young unproven actors where rumored.

But stop! Does any of that really make a good story featuring the greatest heroes in the universe any less entertaining? People harranging the movie because of their own personal fandoms, and not because of their feelings toward the movie itself makes no sense. But of course, we knew nothing of the story of the film. Or did we?

Script reviews started coming in each more outlandish than the next. It soon became obvious that no one really had the script. Unlike usual Hollywood standard, they where pretty secretive, even allegedly using special, unscannable papers and Superlimited copies. Still, it didn't stop many from saying that they'd read it, and it stunk. They didn't say WHAT sucked about it. The just thought if they said it with no base of knoweledge, stupid people would believe them.

Turns out, stupid people are stupid. So in the end, this movie had very few people in the fandom who where willing to back it up. Still, most of these enemies amounted amounted to a swarm of babies fighting a grown man: their basic tactic of crying could do little against a movie that was being fasttracked before an impending writers strike. But no amount of tracking was fast enough, and both the Screen actor's guild and problems with taxation in Australia, the films shooting location, finally sunk it under, as WB hit the reset button they seem to have to undo any progress any DC film without Batman may have made.

I'm not gonna say this movie was gonna be great. I am not that naive. What I WILL say, is that, if given a chance to exist, it could have been something really special. Something that shook WB out of the marrasm that they have about their B, C and even some A level comic properties. If it had been released, it could have disproven all the naysayers and fake scripts.But here we are. 2009 and there is no Superman film in sight. Gonna take at least 3 years for a new Batman. We had Watchmen, but the fish wern't biting. There's Johna Hex, in case anyone else doesn't think sipernatural Western isn't more promising then the world's greatest heroes together. The only thing that might make any progress in the ol' DC farm is Green Lantern, wich hits two years in the future. So if you, dear reader, think a potentially bad Justice League this year is worst than a potentially bad Green Lantern in 2 years. But for me, I feel that watching WB try to fit their solo films into a cohesive crossover will be like watching a retarded person try to fit a square peg into a hole. Yes, the word is WB wants to try some kind of Marvel-like plan. Except I've never heard of Marvel periodically scrapping everything from the start.

Problem is, the Marvel plan is a plan because they planned it. A similar plan with DC doesn't work because they didn't plan for it. Nolan follows whatever direction he wants with the Batman franchise. Singer tried to follow, repeat, and at the same time ignore the previous Superman franchise. This two where never planned to coexist and as such, a Justice League film is best as it's own continuity. And a separate continuity requires separate actors. We're all adults, I assume, I think we can diferentiate between fiction and reality, right?Alas, the real problem with Justice League is that everyone wants to match their own selfish desires. This characters are alive in their own stories, and have their individual followings. Any Justice League would have to compromise for someone who hates Black Canary, or preffers Guy Gardner over Jon Steward, or who thinks Superman is way too powerful, to people who get indignant because America just HAS ti be in the title. It's inevitable. But for now, however, we are left with Justice for none.

The tragic sequence of events that lead to the death of Justice League Mortal is as epic as any fight the group ever had in their history. I will retell it, as I remember it.

At first, WB announced it was writing a movie about the Justice League, DC comics premier Superhero team. Since then I've learned to not take it very seriously that WB announce any movie. It was all very hush hush. We didn't know who was in it, what was the story or how would it affect the then incoming The Dark Knight as well as "The Man of Steel" the Superman Returns sequel we still don't know anything about. Nobody had anything much bad to say about it, except maybe how impossible to do it might be. Then again, they said that about Watchmen.

The plan was simple: Use Justice League to launch spinoffs featuring Flash, Wonderwoman, etc. Minimize the risk of these franchises that haven't had the exposure Batman has had it.
Then out of nowhere: BAM! Marvel announced their plans to release The Avengers. They would release solo movies for The Hulk, IronMan, Thor, and freaking Antman before leading to one mammoth of a crossover movie. Everyone's perception seemed to have changed overnight. Now, the ONLY way to do a crossover movie is to lead up to it with solo films. Now Warner was doing it "Backwards" and Marvel had the right idea. Never mind that Wonderwoman was more well known than Ironman and Antman combined. Never mind that Warner was unsuccessfull in releasing anything that isn't Batman or Superman or Vertigo stories(Constantin, V for Vendetta). Now, all of a sudden, everyone seems pissed that Warner isn't doing what Marvel announced they would do after Warner had already started!
Then casting rumors came out. Aparently the story would not be in casting continuity with either Batman Begins, nor Superman Returns. Because those movies where so open to a Justice League spinoff. This is where sites started entering the fray, spitting venom at the movie for casting "kids" when a) most of the rumored cast was in their late 20s and B)Routh would have been equally young if added to that group.

All of a sudden the movie, wich had Director George Miller attached to direct, started to make enemies out of every nerd group. Batman Begins fans felt that only Christian Bale should play Batman, and that the movie would cause Christopher Nolan to suddenly forgo millions of dollars for some sense of entitlement to a character. Superman Returns fans hated it because it didn't feature their precious Brandon Routh. Green Lantern/Hal Jordan fans felt that using Jon Stewart instead of Hal Jordan was unforgivable. A lot of them really hated that it was a stand alone thing that ignored what Marvel was doing. And a great many hated the fact that instead of proven celebrities and known names, young unproven actors where rumored.

But stop! Does any of that really make a good story featuring the greatest heroes in the universe any less entertaining? People harranging the movie because of their own personal fandoms, and not because of their feelings toward the movie itself makes no sense. But of course, we knew nothing of the story of the film. Or did we?

Script reviews started coming in each more outlandish than the next. It soon became obvious that no one really had the script. Unlike usual Hollywood standard, they where pretty secretive, even allegedly using special, unscannable papers and Superlimited copies. Still, it didn't stop many from saying that they'd read it, and it stunk. They didn't say WHAT sucked about it. The just thought if they said it with no base of knoweledge, stupid people would believe them.

Turns out, stupid people are stupid. So in the end, this movie had very few people in the fandom who where willing to back it up. Still, most of these enemies amounted amounted to a swarm of babies fighting a grown man: their basic tactic of crying could do little against a movie that was being fasttracked before an impending writers strike. But no amount of tracking was fast enough, and both the Screen actor's guild and problems with taxation in Australia, the films shooting location, finally sunk it under, as WB hit the reset button they seem to have to undo any progress any DC film without Batman may have made.

I'm not gonna say this movie was gonna be great. I am not that naive. What I WILL say, is that, if given a chance to exist, it could have been something really special. Something that shook WB out of the marrasm that they have about their B, C and even some A level comic properties. If it had been released, it could have disproven all the naysayers and fake scripts.
But here we are. 2009 and there is no Superman film in sight. Gonna take at least 3 years for a new Batman. We had Watchmen, but the fish wern't biting. There's Johna Hex, in case anyone else doesn't think sipernatural Western isn't more promising then the world's greatest heroes together. The only thing that might make any progress in the ol' DC farm is Green Lantern, wich hits two years in the future. So if you, dear reader, think a potentially bad Justice League this year is worst than a potentially bad Green Lantern in 2 years. But for me, I feel that watching WB try to fit their solo films into a cohesive crossover will be like watching a retarded person try to fit a square peg into a hole. Yes, the word is WB wants to try some kind of Marvel-like plan. Except I've never heard of Marvel periodically scrapping everything from the start.

Problem is, the Marvel plan is a plan because they planned it. A similar plan with DC doesn't work because they didn't plan for it. Nolan follows whatever direction he wants with the Batman franchise. Singer tried to follow, repeat, and at the same time ignore the previous Superman franchise. This two where never planned to coexist and as such, a Justice League film is best as it's own continuity. And a separate continuity requires separate actors. We're all adults, I assume, I think we can diferentiate between fiction and reality, right?
Alas, the real problem with Justice League is that everyone wants to match their own selfish desires. This characters are alive in their own stories, and have their individual followings. Any Justice League would have to compromise for someone who hates Black Canary, or preffers Guy Gardner over Jon Steward, or who thinks Superman is way too powerful, to people who get indignant because America just HAS ti be in the title. It's inevitable. But for now, however, we are left with Justice for none.

The Reboot is coming! I feel it! Sadly, I don't feel it coming soon enought. Still, this is more or less my dream-concept poster.

Edit: I decided to latch my first rough draft here.

Superman: Up in the Sky

Narrator: I don't know where the story actually starts. I can only tell you where I come in on it. Me and

your father, we where just relaxing. We were so young, and so in love. When all of a sudden, a star fell,

lighting the night sky.(We see a meteor-like crash within running distance of the couple, the force of the impact actually shaking their

clothes and potentially blowing their hats off, if they have them.)Narrator: Ah, we ran towards the star, and it blossomed, and inside of it, where you. Soon, men came for you.

They took the star. And would have taken you too. But we took you for our son, and they where never the

wiser.

(We cut to the face of Clark Kent , age 7,at the Kent's sprawling rural home in smallville, pondering while

watching his mother, his eyes wide open)

Child Clark: Am I Jesus?

Martha Kent(was also the narator): No, son, it is a bit more complicated than that.

(Cue the intro credits)

We see the Kent family talking in the living room, while the movie "Prince of Egypt" plays in the TV.

Jonathan Kent: What we're trying to tell you, son, is that, the strange things that are happening to you, the

way you fell of the roof and didn't hurt yourself, or...how you heard mommy talking while she was at

Grandma's, these things are happening to you and we don't know why. And we're gonna have to learn to keep

these things secret. Because you don't want to people to be afraid, of you, now? Say...do you want to go

outside and play some baseball?

Clark Kent: Sure, thing dad...

(We see Pa Kent, gearing up for a pitch, and a confused Clark Kent at bat. Pa Kent Pitches, and Clark hits

it...into dust.)

Jonathan Kent: Son, you may one day be the greatest baseball player that ever lived. But now, what will

happen when they try to take your blood to test it?

Clark: The Needle will break?

Jonathan Kent: That's right. What if you swing too hard and hit the umpire? You may hurt him. So we're gonna

practice this every day,until you learn to control that strenght.(The sound of a motorcycle interrupts P a Kent from further talking.It's Sid, a brawny, bald, scruffy man.

And he is seen entering his home and inmediateley battering his wife.)

Jonathan Kent: It's just Sid. It's amazing he even HAS a wife at all.Let's get inside, Clark.(Clark is seen getting inside and enjoying a meal, but still being able to hear the domestic violence being

executed by Sid)Clark: Dad? I can still hear the fighting.Jonathan Kent: I'll go check it out.Martha Kent: No, you won't! This looks like a job for the police!Jonathan Kent: Well, all right. Son, just... try to bear it out.

(Skip to a scene of Clark, trying to sleep, still hearing crying and sobbing and battering. He looks out of

his window, and begins looking throught the walls of the neightbors house with a peering X-Ray vision. Seeing

a domestic dispute, he also notices that his dad is almost at their door. Shift focus to Clark's ears as he

begins hearing telescopically the sound of his father being threatened by a violent Sid. Then the sound of

struggle as a fight breaks out. Clark screams.)

(Cut to later, when the fight is already over and police officers are escorting a beaten Pa Kent back into

his house. Clark and Martha are also entering.)

Officer1: Now, we don't wanna get called again about this, Jonathan. You just stay away from Sid.

Jonathan Kent: Yeah, Yeah. I'll call the coroner when that Neandertal kills his wife. That way, you won't

even have to get out of your asses!

(Clark is seemingly bothered by this event, but Ma Kent takes him to his room.)

(Next morning we see Clark and Pa Kent, again engaged in the "baseball" excercise. Clark is still visibly

bothered, and as such he is destroying every pitch.)

Jonathan Kent: Is something wrong, son?

(Clark purposedly swings and misses with a sigh)

Jonathan Kent: Good one!

Clark: Why did you go to Sid's house yesterday?

Jonathan Kent: Well, Clark, it was a foolish thing I did. You're mom and you depend on me, and I depend on

you both as well. We're all we have and we can't risk losing each other. But there are people in this world,

son, that have no one to depend on. Not a single friend, not anybody who cares. People like Sid's wife. If it

were your mom getting beat up in there, we would like to think somebody's gonna stand up for her.

Clark: Then why's mom angry at you?

Jonathan Kent: Because momma loves you and me so much, she doesn't want any harm to come to us. In her heart

Perry White: Well, let me tell you something: There are two kinds of reporters here: There are reporters who

give up, and just tell me off and quit, and there are reporters who have had restraining orders put on them!

Lois Lane: Guilty.

Perry White: So, I want you to know, you just willingly jumped into a shark tank. You are either a shark or

chum. Your first assignment, though, shouldn't be that hard. Lex Luthor is unveiling his new children's

hospital with a charity gala.I'm sending you, Jimmy Olsen, and Miss Lane over there to get the story and I

want you to make sure the story is printable.

Lois Lane: You're sending us to do PR for the guy, now? Now that's some salomonic bullcrap!

Perry White: Get this right, Lane! And teach this guy the ropes. That is all.

(The next we see Clark, Lois and Jimmy they're bolting out of the Daily Planet. Lois is still visibly mad,

Clark is not oblivious to the ackward factor of the situation. Jimmy Olsen is, whoever, insistent on

blabbering on.) Jimmy Olsen:(to Kent) So she says "sure, you can take my picture, as soon as you get out of my pool!". And I

was like, "That's super, girl!".(Lois stops walking and adresses Jimmy and Clark)Lois: Allright, you guy's are new to this whole thing. What can you offer me?Clark: What can we offer you? But Perry...Olsen: I can take a snapshot of a bird in it's nest and manage to make the bird look sad because of Global

Warming.Lois Lane: Can you make people look shady?Olsen: Oh yeah.Clark Kent: I took journalism at...Lois Lane:(she let's out an exhasperated sigh) You're new to this town, arn't you? Let me fill you in: nobody

cares about what you studied, what you suffered, or about your fricking background! What people care about in

this town is how you have to offer to them. I don't WANT to baby-sit some newborn reporter who's fresh of

nowhersville, either. So how about making yourself USEFULL and carrying our bags?Clark: Allright, ma'am. (Next, we cut to the charity

event, where the cities rich and beautifull are gathered in a nice indoor roomwith a big stage.A man takes

the stage.)

Host:Welcome, welcome! It is an honor to have the best and brightest of our town gathered here, for such a

noble cause. And speaking of noble, how about a big round of applause for one of our guests of honor, Bruno

Manheim!

(Bruno Manheim takes the stage.)

Bruno Manheim: Yes, it's good to be here. Thank you all for coming. You know, when they asked me if the

Hospital was being made too fast, I asked: Who's speed are you talking about? Because the kids need it now.

The, you know, the orphans that are unable to pay for medical services, they need a place for medical

treatment. And God knows that the politicians aren't gonna be the one's to do it. And so, the Manheim

foundation and the...

(Lois Lane watched the speech, still pissed off. All of a sudden, she seems to have an idea. She waves at

Clark and Jimmy)

Lois: Wait here...

Clark: Wait, what?

(His words are dismissed, and Lois goes on to sneak throught the rest of the building, eventually reaching a

doorway, only to be stopped by Mercy, Bodyguard to Lex)

Mercy: This area's off limits...but you alrady knew that, didn't you?

Lois: Can't blame me for trying, though. When I find the link between Luthor and those weapons...

Mercy: You won't. Whoever fed you that information is a liar...a filthy, dead liar.

Lois Lane: Why do you do this? Is the pay really that good?

Mercy:I was about to ask the same thing...

(Meanwhile, Clark's see-thru vision allows him to see a small group of bouncers closing in on Lois, and Mercy